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Business News > Mint Authors > Pavel Alpeyev

Pavel Alpeyev

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ARTICLES BY PAVEL ALPEYEV

Major companies have introduced policies to draw back employees with mixed results. (REUTERS)

A company's new work-from-home rule: Pay part salary to those coming to office

2 min read . 30 Jun 2021

SoftBank founder and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son. (Photo: AP)

How Masayoshi Son’s ‘Money Guy’ went from hero to zero

7 min read . 01 Apr 2021

The 54-year-old managing partner’s departure was confirmed by SoftBank spokesman Andrew Kovacs. (REUTERS)

SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund loses COO, four partners

1 min read . 03 Nov 2020

Senior managers also worry that without public shareholders, it would be harder to keep Son’s wildest impulses in check

Almost everyone at SoftBank thinks going private is a bad idea

6 min read . 05 Oct 2020

India was one of TikTok's largest markets, with more than 200 million users

SoftBank is said to consider bid for TikTok in India: Report

2 min read . 03 Sep 2020

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conference in Tokyo (Photo: Reuters)

SoftBank’s first Vision Fund may be its last after $18 billion loss

5 min read . 18 May 2020

A file photo of Masayoshi Son, founder SoftBank Group Corp (Photo: Bloomberg)

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son considers new type of fund for startup investing

2 min read . 13 Feb 2020

The camera has become the biggest differentiator for smartphone brands: Analyst

As phone makers focus more on cameras, Sony can’t make image sensors fast enough

3 min read . 24 Dec 2019

A Xiaomi Corp. Mi Note 10 smartphone is displayed during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan. (Bloomberg)

Xiaomi takes on Apple in Japan with budget phone featuring 108-megapixel camera

2 min read . 09 Dec 2019

SoftBank Group Corp.’s founder has relied on earnings from the telecom operations in Japan to finance his investments in technology companies overseas. (Reuters)

SoftBank’s Z Holdings is considering merger with Line

1 min read . 14 Nov 2019

a file photo of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (Photo: Bloomberg)

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son defiant as WeWork triggers $6.5 billion loss

3 min read . 06 Nov 2019

A file photo of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son. (Reuters)

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is ‘embarrassed’ by record, impatient to improve

2 min read . 07 Oct 2019

Geomatec’s moth-inspired film eliminates reflective glare (right) Source: Geomatec

Struggling smartphone maker pins its hopes on technology inspired by moths

3 min read . 17 Jul 2019

An investor walks out of the Uber IPO roadshow with documents in hand at a hotel in Manhattan, New York, (Reuters)

What Uber's IPO tells us about SoftBank's big ride-hailing bet

3 min read . 09 May 2019

When the Google Lunar XPrize was introduced in 2007, interest in moon exploration was at a low, but the contest has had its intended effect, jump-starting a cottage industry of would-be space explorers. Photo: Reuters

Who needs $20 million? Moon race still on without Google’s prize

4 min read . 12 Mar 2018

SoftBank unveiled plans for the IPO as it reported earnings that fell short of estimates. Operating profit was 274 billion yen ($2.5 billion) in the period ended December. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank plans phone unit IPO as Masayoshi Son shifts focus to deals

4 min read . 07 Feb 2018

Since its founding in 1981, SoftBank has grown from a software wholesaler into a global telecom and investment company. Photo: Reuters

Masayoshi Son plans push to cut discount on SoftBank’s stock

4 min read . 07 Feb 2018

SoftBank is planning to apply to the Tokyo Stock Exchange as soon as this spring for a listing on the bourse’s first section with a listing abroad, perhaps in London, about the same time, said the report. Photo: Reuters

SoftBank plans IPO of mobile unit this year: report

1 min read . 15 Jan 2018

Masayoshi Son has been an unstoppable force in the technology world over the last year. Photo: AFP

Inside Masayoshi Son’s eccentric, relentless deal-making spree

12 min read . 04 Jan 2018

Western Digital had injected itself into Toshiba’s attempts to find a buyer, tried to join a rival bidding consortium and, according to the Toshiba side, made the whole process more difficult. Photo: Reuters

Toshiba, Western Digital settle fight over chip unit sale

3 min read . 13 Dec 2017